1998 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1998 Italian Open
1997 champions	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Champions	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
Runners-up	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final score	7–6, 6–4

Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Bollegraf competed that year with Katrina Adams.

Adams and Bollegraf lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Amanda Coetzer and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

2

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

Final
6	Amanda Coetzer   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	4
	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	7	6

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	Y Basuki C Vis	7	6
	Q	A Miller T Snyder	0	2					B Schett P Schnyder	5	4
		B Schett P Schnyder	6	6											1	Y Basuki C Vis	3	3
		F Labat D Van Roost	6	6												F Labat D Van Roost	6	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret N Tauziat	1	4					F Labat D Van Roost	6	4	6
		R Dragomir I Majoli	6	1	1			7	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	1	6	1
	7	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	3	6	6																		F Labat D Van Roost	2	7	2
																						6	A Coetzer A Sánchez Vicario	6	5	6
								4	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	WC	A Canepa T Garbin	3	7	6			WC	A Canepa T Garbin	2	3
		M Seles H Suková	6	5	2										4	L Raymond R Stubbs	4	4
		J Lee C Morariu	6	6											6	A Coetzer A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		R Grande I Spîrlea	1	2					J Lee C Morariu	4	2
		J Halard-Decugis S Testud	6	4	3			6	A Coetzer A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	6	A Coetzer A Sánchez Vicario	3	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
		L Golarsa M Paz	3	4				5	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
		S Farina L Montalvo	6	7					S Farina L Montalvo	3	2
		O Barabanschikova K Habšudová	2	5											5	C Martínez P Tarabini	4	6	4
	WC	F Lubiani F Perfetti	3	2												V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	3	6
		V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6					V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
								3	A Kournikova L Neiland	2	4
																							V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	2	6	7
	8	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	4	4																			S Williams V Williams	6	4	5
		S Williams V Williams	6	6					S Williams V Williams	7	6
		S Cacic M Pierce	5	7	1				V Csurgo Y Yoshida	5	2
		V Csurgo Y Yoshida	7	5	6											S Williams V Williams	6	6
		S Appelmans M Oremans	2	6	6										2	K Adams M Bollegraf	2	1
		S Noorlander L Pleming	6	4	1				S Appelmans M Oremans	7	2	2
								2	K Adams M Bollegraf	5	6	6

External links

• 1998 Italian Open Women's Doubles Draw